Shot my deer last day of the season, December 15 (Ontario), a nice big doe(so I thought). When I went to check the deer out and put my tag on the deer, it turned out to be a young buck which had just lost it antlers ( still had blood on the skull plate).
It is common here to find bucks who had lost their antlers in December.
Have to wait until snow is off the ground, we have about 16 inches. Might find some around deer feeders.

I shot in a buck on Dec. 29 in Southern Ohio with a muzzleloader. I had seen this deer several times throughout the year, he was very wide, tall, and massive with a 5in droptine on his right side. When walked up to him I instantly got sick because he had already lost his right side. His head was still wet with blood from losing the shed. DOSE THAT GIVE ANY INDICATION OF HOW LONG AGO HE MAY HAVE DROPPED IT? Hoping he just droped it and its close by. Would have scored close to 180's

Wow.... Great deer !!
I would get a search party going on. Get 5 friends and walk.
Not sure if its private land or not....you don't want porcupines or mice...whatever chewing at
it during the winter. Or losing it by another hunter.

NO, he did not have his right side on when i shot him, but i think it had fell recently because his base was still tacky wet with blood where it had fell. Hopefully to find it real soon. Id say we got close to 100 man hours looking, its getting very frustrating. His left leg had been shot 6inches off the hoof. Im not sure how far we should be searching from where i killed him, would his leg limit his travel routine and how long do you figure the shed had been off??????????????????